Veneer press



M. WETZLER June 9, .1931.

VENEER PRES S Filed Feb. 9, 1951 J o @n Gil Patented June 9, i 1931 MAX WETZLER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

My invention relates to presses in general. It more particularly relatesV to veneer presses into which a large stock of veneer is placed at one time.

The object of my invention is to provide a veneer press which will be strong and durable and admit the placing in and'talring out of a large stockA of veneer material with the greatest of ease and aminimum rof labor.

Another object of my invention is to provide a press having adjustable means whereby the pressure can be shifted to such points as most needed.

TVith the foregoing and other objects inv viev.7 the invention consists in the arrange; ment and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and While the invention is not restricted to thev exact details vot construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustrating ya practical embodiment thereof, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like referencey characters designate the same partsv in the several views, and in which v l is a perspective view of the press.

F ig. 2 is a side elevational view of the press,

- opened, with parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of press, closed, with parts broken away. Y

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of base and carrier. f n

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View through header.

Referring now morey specifically to the drawings, I show a veneer press having abase 33 made up of sections 34 land 35, each section consisting of two I-beams 36 and 37, and having spacingmembers 38 and bolts 39. The. base members rest on sub-base members 43. To the rear end of the' base members are fixed vertical end members 44 and 45.

The front, vertical end members 46 and v47 ,t

each consisting of two members .in spaced relation, are primarily connected by pivot pins 48 and 49 to the base members 34 and 35 respectively. Positioned between the basemembers is a channel member 53 vresting on the bolts 39 and 40. To the underside of the channel 53 lugs 54 and 55 are securedhaving inclined faces 56 and 57. The linky 58 pivotmembers 'connects y(the rvfront'l end of lthe channel memberff'53 to the front-end member 46. A carriage member `63. having bearing blocks 64f`an'd'65,adjacent` its ends, andl rollers 66 and journale'dy iny said blocks, rides over 55 thefcliannelmember 53',k and also over the frontend member 46'when in an open posiion asshowiifin Fig.2. A' platform 68 constitutes afpafrtof the carriagey and is held .in

plaise 0by means of struck-upportions 69 50 an' `;7. i

Tliejfrontend members46 and 47 arepro? vided with'handle's '50' which yact l as supports when's'aid members are in an open'position asrshownm To'theupper ends 'of end 55 '46 f andy 47 are ysecuring L pins 5l`-andf52. .l

To the upper end of vert-ical end members 44 and Vare fixedthe header members 71 and, 72, each member consisting of two 'If 'm beams held in-,spacedrelation by spacer membersw73, and) reinforced yby bolts 74.` Slidably positioned on, andbetween the lower iiangesof the header'be'ams 7 2 are aplurality ofjblocks '75 having/a` 'screw threaded bore. 'i5 Communicating with the screw threaded boresof the bloclrs75 are screw threaded spindles-76 having .enlarged bearing mem-kr bers A7 7 loosely connected to their lower ends, and yhaving their upper ends adapted to re- "3G ceive the operating key 78.

In operation the front end members 46 and47 are swung to a horizontal position so that the handles 50 rest on the floor and support the `free ends oi end members 46 and 47. As member46 goes down the link 58 being eccentrically connected to the pivotal end thereof pulls the channel member 53 forwards. Thelugs 54, 55 having inclined faces 56 and 57 secured to the lower side of 9 thechannel rideover the bolts 39 and 40 thereby bringing thetop edges of said channel horizontallyv in line-with the top edges of the two members constituting theendmember 46. The carriage 63 is thuselevated above the base 33 and is free to be rolled from under "the header onto the horizontal end member where it receives its load. When CII the carriage has been loaded it is then pushed said being lifted by the handle. As said member goes up the connecting link forces the lugs olf of their supports thereby lowering the carriage below the base members which then supports the platform with its load. The spindles which are slidably adjustable forward or rearward are positioned and screwed down by means of a key.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A press having a base, a header, a fixed end member, a pivotally disengaging end member, a connectingr link, said base having within itself a track member capable of being elevated and lowered with the operation of said pivotal end member through the inst-rumentality of said link.

2. A veneer press having a base, a movable track member within said base, a fixed end member, a header, a swingable end member having a combination handle and supporting element, said end member being capable of aligning with and forming a continuation of track member.

3. In a veener press as described in claim 2 a header member having slidable adjustable block members, screw threaded spindles7 said block members having screw threaded bores, said spindles being in threaded engagement with the bores of said blocks, the spindles being capable of moving up and down with respect to said blocks.

4. In a veneer press having a base and a frame in combination with a track and a carriage and a platform, said platform being held in position by linger members, said carriage being in movable Contact ywith said track through the instrumentality of roller bearings when said press is in an opened position and in stationary contact with said base member when in a closed position as shown and described.

MAX VVETZLER. 

